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Event Industry Receives Warning by Integrity Minister of Uganda

Quoting the law, ethics and integrity minister Dr. James Nsaba Buturo of Uganda warned that artists, sponsors and organisers of indecent events face one to seven years in jail when breaking the law.In an interview with Alfred Wasike at New Vision (Ug... Read more...

The Challenges of a Festival Director in Zimbabwe

Last week the International Festival of the Arts (HIFA) took place in Zimbabwe, a festival...

Under Construction

Parts of our website are still under construction!You are safe to wander around and discov...

Festivals Mean Business

The British Arts Festivals Association (BAFA) has conducted the largest survey of arts fes...

Festival uses local charity to obtain liquor licence

The debut event of National Harbor, a major new development on the banks of the Potomac Ri...

World

Brits Encouraged To Cross Channel

British festival goers are encouraged to cross the channel and visit festivals this festival season on the continent instead. Virtual Festivals (VF), the number one onli...

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Individual Festivals

Papalpolooza – a festival for the Pope

As part of the official programme of Pope Benedict XVI's U.S. visit, a music festival was organized to target young audiences at an approximately 50 acres site in Yonkers...

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Event Operations

"Amnesty Cans" a Chance to Legally Ditch Drugs

"Amnesty cans," large trash barrels placed near the festival entrance, give festival -goers one last opportunity to get rid of drugs, weapons or anything else that could ...

Marketing

New Edinburgh Comedy Festival Under Attack

The announcement by four of the main venues of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe to launch a new comedy festival in August this year has been heavily criticized over the last...

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Destination Marketing

New festival to celebrate desert herritage

Governor Prince Saud ibn Abdul Mohsen announced Hail will organize an international festival to exchange experiences in desert life around the world, next year.“The wor...

Programming

Indie Rock and Festivals

The magazine of rock Crawdaddy has published an interesting article by Jason Thomas on the symbiotic relationship between rock festivals and Indie Rock and the Indie Rock...

Research

Glastonbury Festival Shows £73M Economic Impact

A recent survey has revealed that Glastonbury Festival impacts on the worldwide economy to the tune of more than £73million. The figure is one of dozens featured in a n...

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Festivals Mean Business

Green Issues

Glastonbury Festival Launches First Biodegradable Tent Pegs

Thousands of metal tent pegs get left behind after each Glastonbury Festival, potentially causing injury, especially to the cows which graze the fields. Now the Festiva...

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Research: UK Music Industry’s Carbon Emissions

Professional Development

Conference: The Arts in Society

The 3rd International Conference on the Arts in Society, will take place at the Birmingham Institute of Art and Design, United Kingdom on 28-31 July 2008.Amongst the ma...

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Photography

Photography by our featured photographer Dario M. Frigo, with snapshots from BorderFest (Hidalgo, TX) Celebrating China 2008.

Tip from the Editor

Universe - An Inspirational Website

Internet anthropologist and artist Jonathan Harris recently launched Universe, which turns recent events in constellations of words.

Not only can you get a snapshot of what resonates at the moment on the web at Universe, but his beautiful interface also allows you to search the Internet with your own keywords.

Check out Universe at www.universe.daylife.com

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